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The Sagas Of The Ancient Narts Are To The Caucasus What Greek Mythology Is To Western Civilization. This Book Presents, For The First Time In The West, A Wide Selection Of These Fascinating Myths Preserved Among Four Related Peoples Whose Ancient Cultures Today Survive By A Thread. In Ninety-two Straightforward Tales Populated By Extraordinary Characters And Exploits, By Giants Who Humble Haughty Narts, By Horses And Sorceresses, Nart Sagas From The Caucasus Brings These Cultures To Life In A Powerful Epos. In These Colorful Tales, Women, Not Least The Beautiful Temptress Satanaya, The Mother Of All Narts, Are Not Only Fertility Figures But Also Pillars Of Authority And Wisdom. In One Variation On A Recurring Theme, A Shepherd, Overcome With Passion On Observing Satanaya Bathing Alone, Shoots A Bolt Of Lust That Strikes A Rock--a Rock That Gives Birth To The Achilles-like Sawseruquo, Or Sosruquo. With Steely Skin But Tender Knees, Sawseruquo Is A Man The Narts Come To Love And Hate. Despite A Tragic History, The Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, And Ubykhs Have Retained The Nart Sagas As A Living Tradition. The Memory Of Their Elaborate Warrior Culture, So Richly Expressed By These Tale

Author

assembled, translated, and annotated by John Colarusso with the assistance of B. George Hewitt [and 4 others]; with a new introduction by Adrienne Mayor

Publisher

Princeton ; Oxford: Princeton University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400880737

Subjects

Language Learning, Science, Literary Criticism

Updated

2026-03-24